The KingsþÄô Anze Kopitar #11 congratulates Drew Doughty #8 on Doughty's first period goal against the Red Wings during their game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Saturday, January 11, 2014. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News)

After a cross-country trek from the icy climes of Ann Arbor, Mich, the NHL’s “ice truck” will pull into sunny Dodgers Stadium on Monday to kick off the preparations for the Winter Classic between the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks on Jan. 25.

The world’s largest mobile refrigeration unit has traveled more than 2,200 miles to cross the California border for the first time.

Other notables: The game will be the first outdoor regular-season NHL game played in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River, the first outdoor NHL game in California, and the first hockey game played in the 51-year history of Dodger Stadium.

NHL legend and former Kings great Wayne Gretzky will be on hand for Monday’s press conference along with former teammate Luc Robitaille, the Kings’ president of business operations, and Anaheim Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau.